Farmers work tirelessly throughout the spring and summer to grow, cut, and store hay to feed their livestock throughout the year. But how exactly is the hay created? Haymaking is a process – and it ...

Before huge machines pressed hay into 1-ton bales, it was stacked in the field and had to be moved by hand. And before horse-drawn mowers cut a field quickly, it had to be cut by hand with a scythe.

Apart from providing the day-to-day fodder requirements for the farmer, excess forage from Brachiaria can be dried and stored as hay for use during the dry season when pasture is scarce to maintain ...